Well as I was setting in the barber shop my old fishing buddy walked in and said" I hear you were selling some of your rifles

and he wanted to know if I had hit my head or have some bad

illness! Since I was trapped and unable to run, I had to defend

myself! No! I`m not sick, just got to many and don`t hunt as

much as I used too, truth is I`m getting old! I`m not a young

man any more and finally faced that fact! Since I had put alot

of my money into fine rifles over the years, it was not an easy

choice to make, but one I felt that I should do it rather than

making my wife have to get robbed if I went under. I can only

say it was a hard thing to do! But a friend of mine took them to

a gun show and had a booth and he sold all I had sent, so I did

not have to see them walk off with a stranger! But I explained

that I had just got a matched set of hunting rifles that I would

not sell !A new 6.5/06 and a 338/06! Yep, thats right no cases

with belt, no magnums! I could tell he had that look on his face

as to why I had picked those, so I beat him to the punch! You

know I like the 26`s, always have! The 6.5/06 will do any thing

the 25/06 and 270 will do and most situations will do it better!

With a bullet selection from 87 to 160 grains it has down range

trajectory advantage that makes the 6.5/06 a versitile hunting

cartridge from varmits to deer! The 338/06 in the 210 grain load

is about 100 FPS slower than and 338 Win Mag with a lot less

recoil and muzzle blast and with the 180 grain Balistic Tip it can

be a fine open country deer load or a 250 grain or 275 grain is

capable stopper for big bears! He looked at me for a minute

then he said" You know my 300 Win Mag is hurting me more

now than it used to and I hate to sight it in, I just never wanted

to admit it! I see your point! Yep as we get older we can tell

wild stores to the younger fellers but we need to be honest

with our selves!

Your right, when you use wildcat chambered hunting rifles, you

need to make sure that you take enough ammo, which I have

always done so, since I have reloaded my own ammo for over

40 years which included many trips to Wyoming to out of way

places! I tend to take more equipment than I need, always have

a spare rifle, since a horse fell with me once in Colorado that

broke the stock into, and once a fireing pin spring caused a

problem! I also take a hand reloading press with spare brass,

bullets and such! I never have had to use it, but I do carry it

to base camp! It is fairly easy to neck up 25/06 brass or 06

brass down for the 6.5/06, it is simple to neck up 06 to 338/06

as well! I wanted 2 identical hunting rifles that could cover a

bullet weight range from 85 grains to 300 grains and these 2

do that very well! Now I know the 270 and 30/06 are very fine

rounds. I have owned and hunted with them both! My choices

of the 6.5/06 and 338/06 are totally my choices and may not

be right for others,especially if the hunter is not a experience

reloader!

                                                                Moos

 

hard to beat the 3006, i have killed everything from, woodchucks to moose with it.  I am heading Co in a few years to hunt elk, i have a rem 700 in 300 win mag, i will bring the  mag but the 3006 will be my back up.. mfm

IAM A FAN OF THE .308 ! IT IS MUCH LIKE THE 30-06 BUT WITH A SHORTER ACTION, WERE AS YOU CAN GET OFF THAT SECOND SHOT A LITTLE QUICKER AND THAT MAY MAKE ALL DIFFERENCE IN PUTTING FOOD IN THE POT . THEY ARE BOTH VERY POPULAR SO YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM GETTING ROUNDS FOR EITHER.AND THEY ARE BOTH EXCELLENT SHOOTERS ! SO GET YOUR BUCKS TOGETHER AND GO DOWN TO YOUR SPORTING GOODS STORE, LAY OUT YOUR MONEY AND GO HUNTING . GOOD LUCK BOBBYD